RA state budget envisages 1% GDP growthJuly 7, 2009 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government has started drawing up the national budget, which envisages 1% GDP growth, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said."It's just a forecast. The macroeconomic index will be determined within coming months," he said during "Impact of the Global Crisis on Armenia: Short- and Long-run Perspectives" international conference today. There economic slump in Armenia can be 9.5%, 16% or 20%, according to the Prime Minister. Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news |